Frank Lloyd Wright

Frank Lloyd Wright; genius maverick architect, who was one of the first leading ‘modernist’ architects, who followed his gut:

Some personal lessons he’s taught me on photography, art, and life:

1. Organic simplicity

Falling Water house by Frank Lloyd Wright

Organic architecture as the modern ideal; fusion of organic, nature, and man.

2. Be honestly arrogant

“Early in my career, I had to choose between an honest arrogance and a hypercritical humility. I deliberately chose an honest arrogance, and I’ve never been sorry.” – Frank Lloyd Wright

Avoid false modesty. Proclaim that you are great. Believe in yourself.

3. Find God in Nature

“I believe in God, only I spell it Nature.” – Frank Lloyd Wright

4. Simplicity

“As we live and as we are, Simplicity is difficult to comprehend nowadays. We are no longer truly simple. We no longer live in simple terms or places. Life is a more complex struggle now. It is now valiant to be simple: a courageous thing to even want to be simple. It is a spiritual thing to comprehend what simplicity means.”

Steve Jobs first home (as a kid) was a Joseph Eicher-built home. These homes were one of the 11,000 homes built, in 12 different communities. Simple, clean, single-story, open-plan homes, with exposed wooden beams, and large top-to-bottom glass windows.

Eichler was influenced by Frank Lloyd Wright // after living in one of the famous “Usonian” homes.

Usonia: Idea of architecture, landscaping for the common American citizen. Simple, small, and embedded in environment — bringing this design to the masses.

Steve Jobs had warm memories of this home, told his vision of his design (in Steve Jobs Biography by Walter Isaacson):

“I love it when you can bring a really great design and simple capability to something that doesn’t cost much. It was the original vision for Apple.” – Steve Jobs

Conclusion

Frank Lloyd Wright has inspired me deeply.

To live boldly, on your own terms, to trust your own artistic vision. To have confidence in yourself. To keep creating, until you are 90, and until you die.

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